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posted 12-23-2003 12:31 PM         

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I have a pit bull of about six months. The dog is constantly showing tunnel vision symptoms, and is appearring deaf in one ear. The worrying is that the poor thing hits walls repeatedly. There is also a definite circular pattern to her walking-as in constantly. If this sounds as a disorder or neurological disorder please tell me which. Also if it can be from an injury or some form of neglect from the previous owner. one last thing please give a resource for finding out if it needs any special care past an owners love .

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posted 12-23-2003 03:25 PM         

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I'm not sure I know what your talking about but I can tell you this, my puppy justice is almost 7 months old and when he gets real exited he runs into walls sometimes. And when I let him out to the big part of my yard he runs about 10 big circles, or if he is out back to long he runs in circles because he is board. What do mean buy he shows signs of tunnel vision?

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posted 12-24-2003 01:07 AM         

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I know what Justice is talking about, because my AB does the same sometimes, more- so when he was younger.
BUT, from what your describing "Crossid", this sounds like you need to talk to professionals. I'd call 3 different Vets and get there opinions on this.
Sounds like you should R E A L L Y bring him in for a check up.

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posted 12-24-2003 10:16 AM         

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well on the tunnel vision question, she appears to have no periferial vision to the point of hitting things that are out of direct line of sight. For another example the dog recently walked off of a flight of steps and remains clear from the vet of any injury. The vet has said that there is absolutly nothing wrong with her but the examinations have been less than thorough- like no sound response tests and a weak testing that proves she can see a light in front of her. there was no feild of vision testing or movement testing. yes given that young pups are hyper that is being taken into account. I did get a friend that said something about the pedigree being good making most dogs "high strung" but the others in the litter (such as the sister that is also owned by this houshold) doesn't show any of the same symptoms.

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posted 12-24-2003 11:20 AM         

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You need to have your vet refer you to a specialist or get another opinion from a different vet. Obviously the vet doesn't have the expertise of what to look for. Sounds like it might have to do with the 'inner ear' An infection maybe. How long has it been going on?

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